Portal:Current events/2006 May 23

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• A voice purporting to be that of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden says on an audiotape that Zacarias Moussaoui had no link to the September 11, 2001 attacks. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5010764.stm (BBC)] [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,196682,00.html (FOX)] [https://web.archive.org/web/20060710034338/http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=topNews (Reuters)][https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/24/AR2006052400603.html (Washington Post)]
• Mobs of angry garment workers set fire to seven fabric factories in Bangladesh in response to the announced death of Rana, a workers' rights leader. 100 people were injured amidst clashes between police and firefighters and protesters. Workers are forced to work overtime and seven days a week.[http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20060523-0630-bangladesh-protest.html (San Diego)]
• Greek and Turkish military F-16 jets collide above Karpathos whilst intercepting each other in the disputed airspace above the southern Aegean Sea. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/world/europe/5008178.stm (BBC)], [http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/05/23/greece.crash.reut/ (CNN)], [https://web.archive.org/web/20060602104208/http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-05-23T134238Z_01_L23774801_RTRUKOC_0_US-GREECE-TURKEY.xml&archived=False (Reuters)]
• Israel captures Hamas leader Ibrahim Hamed in a Ramallah raid. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/5007242.stm (BBC)]
• President of Mexico Vicente Fox begins a tour of the United States in Salt Lake City.

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